EC Spokesperson: we are well aware of our duty towards the integration of the Rroma communities and we are seeing this through 

The European Commission is well aware of the duty to promote the integration of ethnic minorities, including the Rroma community at the European level and is seeing this duty through, an EC spokesperson declared, qouted by the Romanian news agency Mediafax.

EC did and continues to do a lot to integrate ethnic minorities, Michele Cercone declared, EC Spokesperson. He added that the financial level, there are several general directions within the European Commission which allocates funds to integrate the Rroma.

At the political level, the EC does its duty regarding the Rroma community and member states are expected to take action in this area. Reactions at the European level follow President Basescu’s declarations that the integration of the Rroma is not just a problem Romania or Hungary faces and launched an appeal to elaborate a European project.